mrtcat

I've not owned one but I recorded a band in my studio a couple weeks ago. The bass player had the flea jazz and it sounded absolutely brilliant. He was playing rock with a pick and it had growl for days. I had a play on it briefly and couldn't fault it.

I don't know if any ever made it to video shoots but it wouldn't surprise me. Most were made from particle board so were much lighter but tended to dent quite easily so were often stripped for parts at the end of a tour and replaced with new ones. Funniest thing was I drove past Marshall hq pretty much every day on the way to work.

1 12 inch driver in every 4x12 box I suspect much like many other bands did until modelling tech really upped its game.

Mine arrived yesterday too. Not had long with them but definitely very happy. Far more bottom end than I was expecting and good separation of lows, mids and highs. I'll tweak eq today and then save an eq setting for them on the XR18 so I could pull that up if I ever need to use them at a gig.

I used to make isolation boxes for amps when I was a cabinet maker. They were popular with touring bands but the major improvements in modelling kit like kemper and helix have taken over now. I also used to make mock Marshall cabs for show. My favourite build was when we completely remade a couple of Marshall 4x12 cabs for an endorsed guitarist. The Marshall cabs were so poor in both sound and construction (the vintage 30s in Marshall cabs are nowhere near the same as regular vintage 30s - they're like a poor imitation) that the guy had us essentially build a mesa cab in Marshall disguise.

Forum rules don't allow rickenbackers in the bc marketplace because the bods at rickenbacker are a bit mad.

It's a shame they don't cater for iPhones but the X-Air app works on all android phones.

We use a acoustic drum kit that's been converted to electronic running through superior drummer so my mix goes: 1. Drums Took some tweaks to sort any latency but since then it has been great. Whole band on in ears so silent stage and total control of foh mix in everything from tiny pubs to huge marquees. We never have to worry about noise limiters and as we invested in great pa gear rather than backline we know our pa can outperform even the best boutique backline. Sadly, with no mush in our sound, any mistakes come across loud and clear

1. They must have a plan 2. No "classic rock" 3. All gigs are paid 4. Gig at least 4 x as often as they rehearse. 5. Bloody good drummer 6. No divas 7. Everyone pitches in with set up and tear down. 8. Whole band continually aims to improve.

Go stand next to the mixing desk. If it sounds bad there then blame the engineer. If it sounds great there but terrible everywhere else then blame the venue.

Keeps popping up on my fb feed. It's a start up looking for funding at the moment but seems to have some very credible backing from the likes of Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller amongst the big name bass players helping them to push it.

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I ordered a pair from geekbuying.com yesterday. They'll ship to UK but takes a couple of weeks.

Mine is seafoam green also and it's a really nice colour in the flesh. Sadly still no word on my neck which they have had for over two weeks now. I emailed for an update yesterday but have had no reply yet. Very tempted to send the body back and ask for a full refund. If i was a custom builder and had messed up someone's order I would be bending over backwards to rectify it quickly and keeping the customer in the loop at every stage.

Oh hell no..

Trust me, that crosses our minds most days.

Only thing that bugs me is our singer. He used to complain gigs were too infrequent and under paid. Guitarist and I have worked so hard to get us on the books of a decent agency. Now that decent paying work is flying in singer continually says "hmm I'm going to have to see if my wife will let me do this one".

I'd say it was better than using standard foam tips but not as good as proper custom moulds. That said I was also impressed with the comply t600 foam tips. My wife helped me do the diy moulds and that made life easier. The best bit is that as soon the second ear was filled with putty I couldn't hear a word she was saying for 10 mins.

I can't actually remember (was a few years ago) but it wasn't the stuff in the video, which clearly works fine, as it was more skin coloured. Might have been this stuff https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ahead-ACME-Custom-Molded-Earplugs/dp/B006LPKXKA/ref=pd_sim_267_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S7A8G1XYTV5C1X7DF9D6

Definitely not stupid. I did this with a pair of budget off the shelf iems and it worked very well.

As long as the engineer has enough aux sends on the desk and is happy to spend the time sorting out a decent mix for her. She's unlikely to get a stereo mix but you never know. Personally I prefer to have my in ear mix set up just to my liking with compression so I take quite a long time when setting up with a new or unfamiliar desk. It would definitely be wise for her to buy a decent system with a limiter function.

Many congratulations, she's gorgeous.

When I get home the van gets parked in the garage, I don't unload anything, I'm in bed within 5 mins and asleep within 6. Any "buzz" has usually subsided by the time my bass is back in its gig bag.

I think it's probably a different thing in the states. In the UK rocky pop bands are very much in favour for weddings at the moment. Many people are opting for bands that look and sound like a rock / indie / pop band rather than the now slightly dated "shirts, ties and waistcoats" type clean cut bands that were dominating the wedding scene a couple of years ago. No not all bars are cramped but ime there's almost always more space at function venues.

No backline here. Whole band on iems and both me and guitarist using helix. The helix is overkill to an extent but I love it live and its also currently acting as my iem preamp.